In a major operation, Sirohi police seized Rs 7 crore (Rs 7,01,99,000) in cash hidden in a hidden box under the driver’s seat of a car in Rajasthan. The money was reportedly being transferred from Delhi to Ahmedabad through hawala when it was seized during routine checks along the Rajasthan-Gujarat border.
Detailed discovery process
It took police four hours to verify stacks of Rs 500 notes placed on tables and beds. The discovery came after police officers acting on a tip-off stopped a suspicious vehicle at the Mawal police checkpoint. After searching the vehicle, they found a specially designed box filled with cash in the shape of a car boot.
Police statement and arrests
Rico police station chief Sitaram said the vehicle was stopped during the roadblock on the instructions of SP Anil Beniwal. The two youths found in the car have been detained and authorities are interrogating them to ascertain the hawala network operating in Delhi and various places across the country.
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